business information systems orientation
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Business Information Systems Orientation. Jeremy Hayes Year Coordinator BIS1. What is BIS?. 4 Year Degree Programme 6 Month Placement in 3 rd Year Mix of Business and IS subjects. Term Dates. 24.09.2012: First Teaching Period 22.12.2012: Christmas Recess - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Business Information Systems OrientationJeremy HayesYear Coordinator BIS1
What is BIS?•4 Year Degree Programme•6 Month Placement in 3rd Year•Mix of Business and IS subjects
Term Dates•24.09.2012: First Teaching Period•22.12.2012: Christmas Recess•07.01.2013: Second Teaching Period•28.03.2013: Easter Recess•07.05.2013: Summer Written
Examinations 2013•19.08.2013: Autumn Written Exams
What will I be studying in BIS1?IS1101 - Introduction to MIS and Introduction to SAD
Techniques (10 credits)IS1102 - Principles of Programming (10)IS1103 - Technology including Internet Development (10) AC1113 - Principles of Accounting (5 credits) AC1114 - Introduction to Management Accounting (5) EC1202 - Economics of Business I (5) AP2012 - Psychological Aspects of Behaviour in Organisations
(5)ST1023 - Introduction to Business Statistics (5)MG1004 - Introduction to Management and Organisation
OR MG1903 - Introduction to Marketing (both 5 credits)
What are labs, tutorials and practicals and how many hours am I going to have?
•12 hours week lectures + (roughly) 14 hrs of tutorials
•6 IS practicals (in the labs)▫2 hrs per IS subject▫IS tutorials begin October▫Class split in two (alphabetical) groups
•Tutorials in Stats, Economics, Financial and Man Accounting, and Mgmt/Mktg
Where are the labs?•1st Year Lab is B.02 (O’Rahilly Building
Basement)▫72 machines
•Swipe Card is your College ID•Need Logon/Password•Session with BIS Technical Staff in First
Week of college (I’ll let you know where/when that week)▫You may purchase print quota for year so
bring €10 with you
Top Tips1. Attend2. Get Involved (clubs, societies, sport,
charity…)3. Do your coursework4. Be mindful of your CV5. Enjoy yourselves
How do I become a ‘class rep’?•Class Representatives
▫4 in total ▫Have Social and Academic Functions▫Will be elected sometime in first week▫Nominate yourself – classmates vote.
•Mentoring▫ Mentors will be assigned in the coming
weeks▫ You must contact your mentor for a short
meeting after he/she has been assigned to you
What else do I need to know about BIS?• Coffee Mornings
▫Weekly meetings with groups of students over coffee
• BIS Society▫Officer Elections in March
• BIS Cup▫November ▫9-a-side Male + Female Competitions
• BIS Ball▫January
• BIS Seminars
How does the Grading System work in UCC?•Based on aggregate score across all
modules (i.e. all your marks are added together) divided by 1200
•1st Class Honours (1H) = >840(/1200)•Upper 2nd Class Honours (2H1) = > 720•Lower 2nd Class Honours (2H2) = >600•3rd Class Honours (3H) = >540•Pass = >480
What does it mean when someone says they ‘compensated’ in an exam?•If your aggregate score is >480…And you don’t get less than 30% in any
module…And you don’t get less than 40% in more
than 10 credits (i.e. Two 5 credit subjects or One 10 credit subjects)…. You can pass by compensation
If you are going to play the game, you should know the rules…•Marks and Standards
▫Regulations concerning modules•http://www.ucc.ie/admin/registrar/examsr
ec/guideexams-covpage.shtml•http://www.ucc.ie/admin/registrar/marksa
ndstandards/•Book of modules
▫Information concerning individual moduleshttp://www.ucc.ie/academic/modules/
•Choose “Management Information Systems” from the dropdown list to view IS modules
Book of Modules